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Nelly Diener
Nelly
Hedwig
Diener
was the first
European
female
flight attendant
.
Diener started
flying
for
Swissair
on 1
May 1934
and became known as the
Engel
der
Lüfte
. Diener
died
in the
1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident
. All three
crew members
and
nine
passengers
died.